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3553 Cullen Boulevard, Room 524
Houston, TX 77204-3000
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David McNally
NEH-Cullen Chair in History & Business

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Phone: (713) 743-3559
Email: djmcnally@uh.edu
Office: 524 Agnes Arnold Hall
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David McNally specializes in the history and political economy of capitalism. The author of eight books and over 60 scholarly articles, Professor McNally taught political economy at York University in Toronto before joining the Department of History at the University of Houston, where he also directs the Project on Race and Capitalism. His research has addressed issues of race, migration, gender and social reproduction in the development of global capitalism. Professor McNally has won the Paul Sweezy Award for his book, Global Slump: The Economics and Politics of Crisis and Resistance, and the Deutscher Memorial Award for Monsters of the Market: Zombies, Vampires and Global Capitalism. Dr. McNally's latest book, Slavery and Capitalism: A New Marxist View has been published by the University of California Press (2025).